{"id":23153,"date":"2026-05-19T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/whos-behind-the-facebook-page-posting-hateful-ai-slop-about-the-uk-the-answer-might-lie-in-south-asia-niamh-mcintyre\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:37:15","slug":"whos-behind-the-facebook-page-posting-hateful-ai-slop-about-the-uk-the-answer-might-lie-in-south-asia-niamh-mcintyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/whos-behind-the-facebook-page-posting-hateful-ai-slop-about-the-uk-the-answer-might-lie-in-south-asia-niamh-mcintyre\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s behind the Facebook page posting hateful AI slop about the UK? The answer might lie in south Asia | Niamh McIntyre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our research has uncovered young entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka and Pakistan using AI tools to make deeply objectionable content \u2013 and money<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Niamh McIntyre is a senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scroll through any Facebook feed in Britain and, between the baby announcements and petty neighbourhood beefs, you\u2019re likely to come across an account with a union jack profile picture and a vague, generic name like Britain Today.<\/p>\n<p>These accounts \u2013 and there are hundreds, possibly thousands of them \u2013 present themselves as the work of British patriots.<strong> <\/strong>In one typical, AI-generated video, a middle-aged man claims his local cafe \u201chas stopped serving pork, bacon and sausages just to avoid offending people\u201d. Another post from the same account includes a sepia-tinted set of images of Victorian London, mourning a time when the city \u201cwas English, first-world and beautiful\u201d. Alongside this type of reactionary nostalgia,<strong> <\/strong>it\u2019s not unusual to see memes that call Islam a \u201ccancer\u201d, decry Muslims praying in public as an \u201cinvasion of the west\u201d or promote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jun\/08\/a-deadly-ideology-how-the-great-replacement-theory-went-mainstream\">\u201cgreat replacement theory\u201d<\/a> (which claims that white populations are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants).<\/p>\n<p>Niamh McIntyre is a senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/may\/19\/social-media-facebook-ai-slop-hateful-south-asia\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab08a68ad2af83e8bbe0cb960d497e7c31119d28\/152_0_2867_2294\/master\/2867.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d6f80979df82059c2e2e5e2ac12214b4\" title=\"Who\u2019s behind the Facebook page posting hateful AI slop about the UK? The answer might lie in south Asia | Niamh McIntyre\" \/>Our research has uncovered young entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka and Pakistan using AI tools to make deeply objectionable content \u2013 and money<br \/>\nNiamh McIntyre is a senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism<br \/>\nScroll through any Facebook feed in Britain and, between the baby announcements and petty neighbourhood beefs, you\u2019re likely to come across an account with a union jack profile picture and a vague, generic name like Britain Today.<br \/>\nThese accounts \u2013 and there are hundreds, possibly thousands of them \u2013 present themselves as the work of British patriots. In one typical, AI-generated video, a middle-aged man claims his local cafe \u201chas stopped serving pork, bacon and sausages just to avoid offending people\u201d. Another post from the same account includes a sepia-tinted set of images of Victorian London, mourning a time when the city \u201cwas English, first-world and beautiful\u201d. Alongside this type of reactionary nostalgia, it\u2019s not unusual to see memes that call Islam a \u201ccancer\u201d, decry Muslims praying in public as an \u201cinvasion of the west\u201d or promote the \u201cgreat replacement theory\u201d (which claims that white populations are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants).<br \/>\nNiamh McIntyre is a senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research has uncovered young entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka and Pakistan using AI tools to make deeply objectionable content \u2013 and money Niamh McIntyre is a senior reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Scroll through any Facebook feed in Britain and, between the baby announcements and petty neighbourhood beefs, you\u2019re likely to come across &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/whos-behind-the-facebook-page-posting-hateful-ai-slop-about-the-uk-the-answer-might-lie-in-south-asia-niamh-mcintyre\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who\u2019s behind the Facebook page posting hateful AI slop about the UK? 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